1.   AES contends that the buyback is a thinly veiled effort to thwart its own bid for control of CANTV.

2.   Critics said the measure included a thinly veiled effort to create a new avenue for unlimited secret campaign donations.

3.   Critics say they are thinly veiled efforts to reintroduce a form of prayer and are likely to be abused over time.

4.   Legislative Democrats have called the proposed special session a thinly veiled effort to prevent Gore from being certified the winner here.

5.   Party officials say the probe is a thinly veiled effort to destroy them.

6.   Opponents, including Attorney General Dan Lungren, charge that the initiative is a veiled effort to legalize marijuana use.

7.   They see this as a veiled effort at protectionism by rich nations seeking to take away the competitive advantages of lower wage scales and more lax environmental regulations.

8.   Arab opponents of Israel have charged that the summit was a thinly veiled effort to force Arabs to support the Jewish state.